Sharp County record., 1887-02-24


make ounces and fools on the other
side Of the worid-pcople We have
never seen.
/ Yea this delusi0n Of Christian religion
/ shows itself in the TACT that it goes TO those
[ who are in trouble. Now, il IS bad enough
/ TO cheat a man when ne IS we'll and when
I he is DrosDerous; Jut this religion comes
To A man when ne S sick. and says: You
will be we'll again after awhile; YOU are
gong into q and where there arc no
coughs and no Dleurisies and no cousump-
tons and no lauguishing; take courage and
/ bear up.'
/ Yea this awful chimera Of the Gospel
comes TO the poor, ard It says to them:
50 You are on your way to vast estates amt
70 dividends always declarabe-' inns de
Lusion Of Christianity comes to the 0ereTt.
and il talks Of reunion before the chronr
and of the cessation Of all sorrow. And
then TO show that this deiusi0n will stop at
absolutely nothing. it goes to the dying bed
and fills the nan with lnticlpatiOns How
much better t would be for him to have
him lie without any more nope han SWIM
and rats and snakes That IS all Nothing
more left OF aim. he will never know anE
thing again. Shovel lim under!
/ The soul IS only a superior part of m
BODY. and when the body disintegrates the
soul iisintegrates. AuuIhilatiOn- vacancy
everlasting blank. ObliteratiOn. Why not
. present all chat beautiful doctrine TO the
diving. instead Of something with this hoax,
-hisswfudla of he Christian religion AMI
. filing the dying man with anticipatlons 81
4nother life until some N the last IOUr
have c!aDped their hands. and some have
shOuted. and some have sung, IN
some have been so OverVrought
with iOv Jhey could only looN
acstatlc Palace gates opening, thev
thought: diamond Cor0nets flashing; hands
b.nly5niur. 0rchestras sounding. Little
children ivIng. actually believing they saw
their feDarred parents, SO JAat, although
the little children lad been so weak, and
feeble. and sick for weeks, they could not
turn On their dying pillow, at the asst, IN q
Dar0xvsm Of rapture uncomfortable. they
5Drang 20 their feet and shouted: Mother,
catch me! an coming
And TO show the Lmmensitv Of this dc
uusiOn. this awful swludle Of he Gospel OF
Jesus Christ. 0pan i hospital and bring
INTO that hospital the teatA-Jeds Of great
many Christian people, and [ take You by
the hand this morning, and walk up AMI
down the wards OF that hospital. and ask
a few 1uesti0ns. TASK: Dying Stephen.
what have r1u 70 saw" Lord Jesus. ro-
,eIve nv sDirit.' ..cving John Wesley,
what have Won 70 sav7' The best II all
"a. God is with u.s. DYING Edward
/ Pavsou. what have you TO say
Il Hoat n sea Of glory "Dv-
ing John Bradford. what nave you 70
5avlr If there be any way Of
. yoIng 70 Heaven On horse back. or n a fiery
rharior. il IS this Dying Eaanuer,
-y,rq- have Won 10 savfn b. [ an going 70
slaa, 1oy-gOod-uighr Dying Mrs.
Florence Foster what have you 10
savl" "A pilgrim N the valley, but
the mountain tops al j gieam from
peak to peak. Dying Alexander Matler,
-rhar have -0u TO 5avtn The LORD who
/ has taken care OF me ifty years Will not
cast ne of now; glory De to God anu 20
the Lamb Amen. amen, amen, amen
Diving John POwsOn. alter preach
tug the Gospel 50 may years, what
have rOu TO saw MY death-0ed
Is 4 bed 1f roses Dying Dr. Thomas
Scott what have YOU 70 say'' Boys,
am going to the front" Dying telegraph
0uerator on the battlefield Of Virginia,
what have you 20 3a7f' The wires are
all aid. and the poles are up from Stony
Point 70 heaGquar-ars' Dying Paul.
what have YOU 70 sav'r II am ready now
TO be offered. and the time Of my departure
g at hand: I have fought the good ight
have finished nv course. have kept th1
faith. 0 death. where Is thy sting. u
grave. where IS thY victory! Thanks be
unto God. who Gveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ"
o. nv Lord. ny God, what i delusloH,
rhl- A glorious deIusion. Submerge me
with il. ill nv eyes and ears with it, put
it under nv dying head for 4 Dlll0w-ths
de.usi0n: spread 10 over me Tor 4 canopy,
nur II underneath ne for IN Our-5praad
ving-rou t over ne in ocean surges ten
thousand fathOms deep o, If nndeLtY'
and f atheism. and If lunIhIlatlon are
reality and the Christian religion Is a de-
Lusiou. give ne the deIuslon!
The strong conclusion Of every man ana
woman in the house IS that Christianity
producing 5ucu grand results, can not De q
delusIOu lie. i cheat. 8wlndle, an la-
LucIuari0n can not launch sucn glory Oh -he
centuries. Your logic and your common
sense convince you that base cause can
not produce an IIlustrlOus result; out Oh
the womb Of such a monster no such ange
can be born.
There are many in this house this morn
iug. in the galleries and on the main 1oor
who began with thinking that the Cnrls-
tian religion was a stupid farce, VINO rave
come 20 the conclusion that it IS realty
/ Why are YOU here to-day Why did you
sing this song! Why did you bow your
head in the opening prayer' Why dld yoV
/ bring your family with youl Why, wner
/ tell you Of the ending OF al trials N 'l'
bosom Of God. DO there stand tears IN YOU
eves-not tears Of grief, but tears OF Joy,
srch as stand IN the eyes Of hOmeslck caH
dreu far away at school when some ou'
| talks TO them about going homes
But there may De others here VINO nav
not had early advJn tages, and i lnSt
were asked to give their experience 1ass
might rise and give such testimony IS 'p
man gave in a prayer-meetIng Wnen no
said: On my way here tonight me'
man who asked me where l was gong.
said: / am going to prayer mee5
ing He said: There are goou
many religious, and THINK '
most of them are delusions; y
the Christian religion, that IS OH!
a notion. that IS a mere notion, tne CnIn
| tian religion I said TO him: oLraIs